Read This: Garden Wonderland, plus BOOK GIVEAWAY
Garden Wonderland features luscious, beautifully designed gardens for harvest and a deep connection with nature.… Read More
Designer Nick McCullough shares American Roots at Garden Spark
Austin gardeners and designers turned out for Garden Spark on Thursday to hear designer Nick McCullough speak about American Roots.… Read More
Garden Spark returns for 5th season at new location
Garden Spark’s fifth season offers a variety of engaging talks presented by six design thinkers from Austin and beyond.… Read More
Read This: Striking Succulent Gardens
Striking Succulent Gardens will inspire anyone who loves succulents for their beauty and appreciates their water-saving toughness.… Read More
Yalamurra, a “garden of survivors” in South Australia offers Texas inspiration
The South Australian garden of Kurt Wilkinson offers inspiration to Texas gardeners on using tough natives mixed with formal elements.… Read More
Revamping the Circle Garden, again
Whack, whack! Even the spring-revamped Circle Garden got a major cut-back. It was time to cut everything back and open up the garden again.… Read More
Watch Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
Stream the film Five Seasons this weekend, sit back, and prepare to be transported by the beauty of Piet Oudolf’s gardens.… Read More
No Stone Unturned: Read my article in Country Gardens magazine
“No Stone Unturned” in Country Gardens magazine shows just how much you can do with artistic stonework and shade-loving plants.… Read More
Nolina, yucca, and cypress add xeric structure in lush Austin garden
Have you ever seen a glorious spring garden fade by late summer into a semi-dormant hot mess? That’s what happens when you don’t have structural plants and hardscape to give your garden shape and interest in hotter, drier seasons. … Read More
Read my article about native-plant hellstrips in Wildflower magazine
October 29, 2018 Are you a member of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center? If so, when their member magazine Wildflower arrives in your mailbox, look for my article “Heavenly Hellstrips” and photo illustration. “Heavenly Hellstrips” is about using native … Read More
Read This: Hot Color, Dry Garden can help you design your waterwise garden
August 26, 2018 Homeowners who want a waterwise garden, particularly if they live in the U.S. Southwest, often feel that their options are limited to cactus and gravel — a “zero-scape,” as it’s commonly called. If instead you’d like to … Read More
Garden Design’s print magazine ceases production, a big loss for garden publishing
August 15, 2018 For those of us who appreciate in-depth articles about gardens, design, plants, and artisans, plus gorgeous garden photography, today’s news that Garden Design‘s print magazine is ceasing production (again) is depressing news indeed. Those of us who … Read More
Topiary meadow and sunken pond garden at Great Dixter, part 2
August 14, 2018 In part 1 of my recap of my tour of Great Dixter in England earlier this summer, I confessed that I didn’t like the overplanted, claustrophobic feeling of the Peacock Garden and surrounding hedged gardens. But I … Read More
Close encounters of the plant kind at Great Dixter garden, part 1
August 13, 2018 After spending the morning at Sissinghurst, during our travels in mid-June, we drove a half-hour to Great Dixter, another famous English home and garden at the top of my must-see list. The family home of gardener and … Read More